Biofuel

By Jolly Eco Factor: Genetically engineered bacteria produces biofuel from sugars. According to reports more than 7.6 billion liters of biofuels were consumed worldwide last year and the demand continues to soar. However, this rise in demand has caused...

By Jolly The companies have partnered to produce a biofuel cocktail made using government wastepaper. In addition to wastepaper, the cars that include a Chevy HHR and a Ford F-150 can also be powered using energy crops, agricultural residue and other types of waste as well.

Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras, together with GE, has developed the world's first fully-commercial bio-ethanol-fired gas turbine power station.

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Boeing, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP this week announced an agreement to establish a research and demonstration project called the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Project (SBRP), which will use integrated saltwater agricultu...

An agreement to establish a major aviation bioenergy research institution and demonstration project in Abu Dhabi was unveilled today (18th January) by Boeing, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad Airways and Honeywell's UOP. The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Pr...

By Rhett Butler Paper manufacturers and environmentalists seem to be reliving Robert Frost's age-old dilemma caused by two roads diverging in the woods. Proponents of genetically engineered trees say the road they’ve chosen will lead to trees capable of weathering freezing temperatures and diseas...

A team of scientists has developed an air-lift loop bioreactor which, it says, will make the production of biofuels more energy efficient, has won the Moulton Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineer. The team, from Sheffield University, has worked on developing a new more energ...

By Rhett Butler Palm oil is one of the world's most traded and versatile agricultural commodities. It can be used as edible vegetable oil, industrial lubricant, raw material in cosmetic and skincare products and feedstock for biofuel production. Growing global demand for palm oil and the ensuing cropl...

By Jolly The researchers have identified two genes - the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) gene and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 gene. Plants modified to over-express these genes produce more oil. While a typical tobacco plant contains about 1.7% to 4% of oil per dry weight, engineered plants carry ab...

Biofuels: can they fuel our lifestyle without taking food from the poor? Traditional biofuels could only make an fossil CO2 emissions if the entire biofuel production process was fossil fuel free - requiring, for example, ... UK ethics body asks: how green are new biofuels?Biofuel Review

New EDM 523 - Biofuel from Use Cooking Oil and Renewables Obligation Scheme press release) (subscription) That this House recognises that biofuels produced from used cooking oil are widely recognised as one of the most sustainable biofuels available; ...

The plant has a capacity of 16500000 gallons per year. G2 Diesel is 11 Good's proprietary fuel made from up to 99% natural and renewable ingredients. ... 11 Good Energy opens biofuel facility in MagnoliaCanton Repository all 8 news articles »

Legume researcher Peter Grasshoff says each tree produces 30000 seeds capable of yielding five tonnes of biodiesel each year. He says the tree is also good ... and more »

By Jolly Eco Factor: New approach to produce more sustainable and cost-competitive biofuel. The conventional process used to produce biofuel from algae destroys algae to extract their oil. Researchers at DOE’s Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State...

“The idea is to potentially make liquid fuel from plants. Right now we rely on oil and other petrochemicals for our sources of liquid fuel, such as gasoline ... and more »

CNN's Emily Chang investigates how Chinese researchers are studying how to use algae to produce biofuel. cnn.com

By Jolly Eco Factor: Vertical farm uses algae to generate biofuel. The dependence on fossil fuels needs a break, governments are shifting their focus on better sources to generate better fuels. Bio-fuel made from algae can be the answer only if there is...

By Jason Paur The company’s says it’s secret weapon is the process it uses to create the ethanol, “at the core of Coskata technology is our proprietary micro organisms” according to Bolsen. The company takes the feedstock, wood chips in the case of the demonstration facility, and blasts it in a furnace....

The race is on to develop the next generation of biofuels. Biotechnology companies of all kinds have taken up the challenge and are looking in every corner of the globe for organisms that will help us make cheap, abundant, non-food based fuels. In this podcast, we'll talk to a couple compani...

The biodiesel industry has been in rough shape over the last year. With oil prices down, two thirds of American refineries sitting unused and no national target for the fuel, there are many questions about where the industry will go next. In this podcast, we'll look at what companies are doi...

By Kevin Bullis A startup unveils a high-yield process for making fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight.

Amyris's large-scale demonstration plant will make diesel from sugarcane.

By Dave Demerjian Sapphire isn’t shy about talking up the benefits of fuel made from algae, saying it  delivers 10 to 100 times more energy per acre than corn-based ethanol, which has gone out of fashion because it’s derived from food crops. Algae also uses less water than corn, and can be grown on non-arable...

By Geoffrey Styles(noreply@blogger.com) The results of Chiu, Walseth and Suh provide further support for a thorough reevaluation of US biofuel policies. Rather than trying to squeeze ever more ethanol into gasoline, with uncertain consequences for motorists, and stretching our agricultural resources by expanding unsusta...

Measuring Corn Ethanol's Thirst for Water MIT Technology Review Midwestern Ethanol Industrial Processes Use Much Less Water Than ... Science Daily (press release) Daily Digest: Pirates, ethanol production and stimulus bonds Minnesota Daily

In this video tutorial series, biofuel expert Jason Burroughs will explain the history of biodiesel, where it comes from, how its used, how to ... www.wonderhowto.com

Leaders from the solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel, hydro, utility and financial sectors came together at last week's Renewable Energy World North America Conference and Expo to talk about financial hurdles, technological advancements and the need for cooperation among all player...

By Dave Demerjian Mascoma converts plant matter into ethanol using consolidated bioprocessing. The method uses microbes to combine four biological processes -- cellulase production, cellulose hydrolysis, hexose fermentation, and pentose fermentation -- into one. The company says it is faster and c...

By Dave Demerjian Al-Najimi's comments come as a faltering economy prompts the closure of many ethanol plants and corn-based biofuels draw increasing fire in the "food for fuel" debate. There are more than 250 million "flex fuel" cars capable of running on E85, a blend containing 85 percent ethanol, in th...

The Enerkem thermo-chemical process uses one tonne of waste to produce 360 liters of ethanol, enough fuel for a car to travel 2500km. ... Enerkem 2nd gen biofuels plant enters start-up Biofuels International Enerkem syngas-to-ethanol plant begins start-up Ethanol Producer Magazine

 PA - A form of alcohol, ethanol is a biofuel made from corn and other crops; its increasing use as an additive to gasoline is based on requirements of the Energy ...

By Mike Millikin GreenShift plans to co-locate bioreactors at corn ethanol production plants and other fermentation processes where concentrated supplies of carbon dioxide are naturally emitted and are relatively easy to capture and control. GreenShift plans to leverage its existing corn oil extr...

This unit is substantially sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection under the program for renewable ... Lurgi to build 2nd generation biofuel plant Your Project News (press release)

Biofuel As a liquid, biofuel can, and does, replace liquid fuels derived from fossil oil.  Currently ethanol is used to replace some gasoline; possibly butanol will do so in the future as it has greater energy density.  Similarly biodiesel is already replacing some diesel and pilot proje...

By Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) Research is ongoing at Michigan State University to evaluate the environmental, agronomic, and economic sustainability of bioenergy cropping systems. Support for this work was provided by USDA-CSREES, the CASMGS program, and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.

By Mike Millikin The report sees ethanol use for gasoline blending growing to 12.2 billion gallons and E85 consumption to 17.3 billion gallons in 2030. The ethanol supply from cellulosic feedstocks reaches 12.6 billion gallons (including both domestic and imported production) in 2030. Biodiesel and biom...

By David Neal Yup, they might not wish to invite them to any conferences, but biofuel advocates have new some new converts in the form of the Burmese government. Apparently they have instructed the population, or as they like to call them, the "peasants" to grow as many of the jatropha curcas plants as po...

By Matt Feltz Rarely stated among all of the lofty rhetoric about climate change is that most of the current policy proposals are simultaneously expensive and insufficient. It will require a leap forward in technology to completely zero out carbon emissions within 50 years, which Morton believes is...

Studio 360 saves the planet. Kurt Andersen asks a priest about the Vatican’s declaration that pollution is a modern sin. Then we explore design solutions for a changing environment. Kurt visits a solar-powered subway station in Coney Island and talks to an engineer making biofuel from bac...

By Kevin Bullis A startup has raised $25 million for inexpensively producing biofuel.

By The Huffington Post News Editors Farming algae doesn't require much space or good cropland, so it avoids the fuel-for-food dilemma that has plagued first and second generation biofuels like corn, rapeseed and palm oil. Oil-content is high More on Global Warming

The U.S. renewable energy market is growing at an impressive rate. But as more wind, solar and biofuel facilities get developed, there are fewer people or organizations that own those facilities. That is primarily due to the exclusive nature of the federal tax credits. Because of the shrinki...

The U.S. renewable energy market is growing at an impressive rate. But as more wind, solar and biofuel facilities get developed, there are fewer people or organizations that own those facilities. That is primarily due to the exclusive nature of the federal tax credits. Because of the shrinki...

By David Roberts grist.orgPicture a liquid fuel that is derived from the same feedstocks as cellulosic ethanol (switchgrass, sugar cane, corn stover) but contains 50% more energetic content and is made via a process that uses 65% less energy. Unlike cellulosic ethanol, this...

ST. PETERSBURG — An FPL Group subsidiary announced plans Thursday to develop a first-of-its-kind commercial plant to convert orange and grapefruit waste into ethanol that will be sold to Florida motorists at gasoline pumps. "Currently, there is no ethanol production in Florida," said...

By Mike Millikin While there is clearly a growing demand for the conversion to biofuel production it could also expose governments to rising social unrest, as food prices rise and poorer members of society reap few benefits from the new ‘wondercrop’.

By Hilary Kramer Type of Stock: A player in the renewable energy sector, Xethanol concentrates on new ethanol technology, producing ethanol from biomass, developing new production plants, and acquiring other alternative fuel companies. It may get a real boost from energy legislation pending in the H...

By Mike Millikin Biobutanol is an advanced biofuel that performs more like unleaded gasoline than traditional biofuels. Test data presented earlier this year indicate that biobutanol fuel blends at a nominal 10 vol% level perform very similarly to unleaded gasoline fuel. Additionally, the energy den...

By Mike Millikin CFM is also running engine tests to develop solutions based on mixtures of jet fuel and second-generation biofuels. It is currently focusing on the evaluation of alternative fuels made using biomass which offer properties closer to those of jet fuel than do first-generation fuels such...

By Christina Aanestad The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies - and a public university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual.